From: loganro@earlham.edu
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 4:21 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: genetically engineered crops
To whom it may concern,
I am writing with comments regarding policies with Genetically engineered
crops. I am deeply concerned with the patterns that have been established in
the United States with unregulated marketing of GE products. I would like to
see a more conservative approach taken with the marketing of these products.
As a consumer I would like to know what I am eating- labeling them as a GE
product, and encouraging further research to determine the effects that these
crops may have on the body is crucial. Please consider the following:
The FDA should require mandatory pre-market comprehensive environmental
review.Unlike conventional pollutants where a given amount of pollutant
causes a limited amount of damage, a small number of mutant genes could have
population explosion and reproduce forever, causing unlimited and irreparable
damage.
The FDA should require mandatory pre-market long-term health testing. GE
products could be toxic, cause allergic responces,have lower nutritional
value, and compromise immune responses in consumers.
The FDA should require mandatory labeling of GE products. Without mandatory
labeling, neither consumers nor health professionals will know if an allergic
or toxic reaction was the result of a genetically engineered food. Consumers
would be deprived of the critical knowledge needed to hold food producers
liable should any of these novel products be hazardous.
Many thanks for your time, Sincerely,
Rosemary Logan
loganro@earlham.edu
55 Tonowanda
Flagstaff, AZ
86001